After a long 17-game road trip that spanned three different states and a total of 1,654 miles, the White Sands Pupfish are back in action at the Griggs Sports Complex.

Thursday night the Pupfish (9-18) defeated the Bisbee Blue (17-12) by the count of 6-0. White Sands pitcher Matt Cook had another phenomenal outing, throwing a complete game of work allowing just four hits while fanning eight batters.

The Pupfish tallied four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 4-0 lead. J.J. Constantino and Yermin Mercedes hit back-to-back singles setting up the two-RBI double by Fernando Frias. Frias stole third as Mike Brandi was hit-by-pitch.

With runners at first and third, White Sands worked the double steal as Frias scored to put White Sands up 3-0. Will Miller then hit a sacrifice fly scoring Brandi from second.

Brandi led-off the bottom of the sixth with a stand-up triple. Miller reached on a hit-by-pitch to set up the two-RBI double by Justin Cook.

Cook helped out his twin brother Matt, by going 1-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs. Constantino scattered two singles to go 2-for-4 while Frias went 1-for-4 with the big two-RBI double.

Pitching was the key for the Pupfish as Matt Cook improved to 4-1. The Canadian native has two complete games in 43 innings pitched along with 44 strikeouts and an ERA of 2.70. In his last outing, he tallied a season-high 12 strikeouts in the 14-5 victory over the Taos Blizzard.

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For Bisbee, starter Thomas Goodman allowed six runs on five hits in five and two-thirds innings. The Bisbee bullpen only allowed one hit in two and a third innings.

Mike Perrone and Elvin Rodriguez both went 1-for-4 with a single while Ryan Roberts finished 1-for-2 with a double in the top of the seventh inning as he came off the bench to pinch hit. Lane Warner tallied the fourth hit for Bisbee as he hit a single in the top of the eighth to finish 1-for-3.

White Sands will wrap up the four-game series with the Blue today with a double-header beginning at 6:30 p.m.